CS 4350 — Empirical Research Methods

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: MBostonTraditional

Evaluates and conducts empirical research, focusing on students’ use of empirical methods to study the effectiveness and organizational/social impact of information systems and technologies. Empirical research involves a number of broad steps including identifying problems; developing specific hypotheses; collecting data relevant to the hypotheses; analyzing the data; and considering alternative explanations for the empirical findings. Some of the most commonly used research techniques, such as surveys, experiments, and ethnographic methods, are discussed. Additional topics include the ethics of data collection and experimentation in behavioral science. Although the course focuses primarily on the relationship between formulating research questions and implementing the appropriate methods to answer them, students can expect to apply the statistical techniques learned in the course prerequisites.

Prerequisites

• one of:
  • CS 2810 (min D-)
  • DS 3000 (min D-)
  • CIS 250M
  • ECON 2350 (min D-)
  • BUSM 22EM
  • ENVR 2500 (min D-)
  • MATH 2280 (min D-)
  • MATH 3081 (min D-)
  • MGSC 2301 (min D-)
  • BUSM 224M
  • PHTH 2210 (min D-)
  • PSYC 2320 (min D-)

Offering history

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 80% · T 20% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 20%

Common patterns: M (80% of sections), TF (20% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

• Abir Saha (100% of students) · reviews

Spring

• Varun Mishra (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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